Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
38,415 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,273 kr
Communal tax
- 7,200 kr
Church tax
- 303 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 12,912 kr
Net pay
* 25,503 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
25,503 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
12,912 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26,833 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 38,415 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.99 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 51.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 38,415 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 12,912 kr. That means that your net pay will be 25,503 kr per year, or 2,125 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
DKK 36441
7.8%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 35361
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 34785
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 34732
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 34592
10.0%
5
Mexico
DKK 34437
10.4%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 34381
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 34189
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 33613
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 31654
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 30694
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 24921
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 37499
2.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 34280
10.8%
2
Cameroon
DKK 31413
18.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 31112
19.0%
4
Mozambique
DKK 30674
20.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 30667
20.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 29067
24.3%
7
Angola
DKK 28954
24.6%
8
Zambia
DKK 27531
28.3%
9
Senegal
DKK 27064
29.6%
10
Uganda
DKK 27029
29.6%
11
Nigeria
DKK 27000
29.7%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.